diff --git a/Modules/gcmodule.c b/Modules/gcmodule.c
index e5e5aa3287b0d6..2592c397cf2f73 100644
--- a/Modules/gcmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/gcmodule.c
@@ -479,9 +479,9 @@ subtract_refs(PyGC_Head *containers)
     for (; gc != containers; gc = GC_NEXT(gc)) {
         PyObject *op = FROM_GC(gc);
         traverse = Py_TYPE(op)->tp_traverse;
-        (void) traverse(FROM_GC(gc),
-                       (visitproc)visit_decref,
-                       op);
+        (void) traverse(op,
+                        (visitproc)visit_decref,
+                        op);
     }
 }